Supporting Your Strong Workforce Application

Antelope Valley College

Sable Cantus, CTE Data Unlocked

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What is Strong Workforce?

The Strong Workforce Program is hereby established for the purpose of expanding the availability of quality community college career technical education and workforce development courses, programs, pathways, credentials, certificates, and degrees.

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Distribution

  • Funds are ongoing and have been allocated to colleges based on a labor market need, enrollments, and student outcomes, rather than putting out an RFP.
  • Plans and budgets are very simple, focusing on proof of labor market need and projections regarding how student outcomes will change.

Allocation

$1,171,947

Focus for the Funds

  • Increase the quantity of CTE
  • Increase the quality of CTE

Quantity

More enrollments in programs leading to high-demand, high wage jobs

“more”

required for all programs

  • Enrollments

Quality

  • More students complete/transfer
  • More students employed
  • More students improving their earnings

“better”

pick only those metrics that are relevant for your investment

  • Completion
  • Transfer
  • Employment
  • Employment in field of study
  • Second quarter earnings
  • Median change in earnings
  • Proportion of students who attained a living wage

Funding

  • Colleges will receive 2016-17 funding once their district certifies the local share report template.

This is DUE soon

Guidance

  • No Supplanting
  • Funding CTE Only
  • No Duplication of Effort
  • Follow District Procedure

Non-Allowable

  • Entertainment
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Contingency or Rainy Day Funds
  • Goods and Services for Personal Use
  • Lobbying
  • Contributions or Donations
  • Fund Raising and Investment costs

Valid LMI Sources

  • Use data that was validated within the last two years

  • Validated local or regional employer input through an employer survey or advisory
    • Regional program approval process
    • Prior regional planning process
    • Local biannual program review
  • Find data in a report in the LMI Resource Library

  • Demonstrate living wage attainment (Programs where at least 50% of students earned a living wage)

Search the LMI
Search the LMI

Go to the Centers of Excellence
Go to the Centers of Excellence

Demand data tool
Demand data tool

Supply data tool
Supply data tool

Colleges should not compile this information on their own.

  • All data points have been pre-populated on the LaunchBoard Strong Workforce Program tab, with benchmarking information.

CTE Launchboard
CTE Launchboard

Launchboard Home
Launchboard Home

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Download the LMI Worksheet
Download the LMI Worksheet

Watch the Video
Watch the Video

FAQ’s

Questions?

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